I think it was only when I saw Johnny Marr play his own version of How Soon is Now that I realised a song (a band, even) that I'd never much cared for has in fact got a stunning intro. I'm sure if I thought long enough and hard enough I could come up with a few more examples of this genre. But as I've just alienated all my Smiths loving readers I think I'll quit while I'm behind - for fear of inadvertently slaughtering another scared cow.
Johnny Marr - How Soon is Now
I loved the song from start to finish, but that intro was something else. My teenage brain couldn’t work out how you could those sounds from a guitar. My addled adult brain still hasn’t quite grasped it!
ReplyDeleteAnd the ultimate expression of impressive intro followed by underwhelming song surely has to be Spaceman by Babylon Zoo, doesn’t it?!